Hello colleagues and friends across the U-M community!  Spring is a season of new beginnings, and one of the new beginnings we’re most excited about here is in artificial intelligence and Generative AI.  Generative AI is a tool that not only searches and analyzes existing information, but can learn patterns, structures and features, and can …

Dear colleagues and friends, students, staff and faculty. To serve at the University of Michigan is to celebrate change and honor tradition. Today, we are observing both with our leadership team. First, I am honored to offer my most heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Rebecca Cunningham on formally accepting an offer to become the 18th president …

Hello colleagues and friends across the U-M community! These wintry days are a time to reflect on where we’ve been, who we are, and what we aspire to be. That’s what makes the Inclusive History Project so important to me. The IHP is charged with telling a more complex and more inclusive history of our …

(As prepared for delivery) It’s a pleasure to be with all of you this afternoon. We’ve had a fantastic start to this new year, one that began with our football team bringing home the National Championship! It was an incredible season – our third successive victory over that School Down South; our third consecutive Big …

Dear colleagues and friends across the University of Michigan community, As 2024 continues to open, it’s a moment to mark an important milestone. This year, we are celebrating the 100-year anniversary of the Stephen M. Ross School of Business. For the past century, the school has been committed to the idea that together, we can …

University of Michigan President Santa Ono We have been in talks with Jim Harbaugh for the last several weeks and have tried our best to retain him as our football coach. Jim called me today and let me know that he has made the difficult decision to leave Michigan and join the Los Angeles Chargers …

Dear Students and Colleagues, In a special session held today, the University of Michigan Board of Regents voted to adopt a new set of principles to reaffirm the institution’s commitment to free speech. The “University of Michigan Principles on Diversity of Thought and Freedom of Expression” are a clear reminder, both to those in our …

(As prepared for delivery) Good afternoon. I’d like to thank all of you for coming together for this special meeting of our Board of Regents. I wish I could be there in person, but am at a meeting in D.C.  We’ve come together for the purpose of adopting the University of Michigan’s Principles on Diversity …

(As prepared for delivery) Thanks so much for BLKBOK for your simply beautiful opening and even more inspiring life. Tabbye, I’d also like to thank you as well as for the outstanding job you are doing in leading our Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. I’d also like to express my gratitude to our distinguished …

Dear colleagues, friends and students and scholars across the University of Michigan community. Happy New Year, and welcome to the start of the new semester! Whether you just joined us, or are anticipating commencement this spring, we have much to look forward to together, we have much to do, to dream, to achieve. We have …